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Breaking News in Tech, Search, Social, & BusinessTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:05:26 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1Stop Working and Go Play Pac-Man in Google Mapshttp://www.webpronews.com/stop-working-and-go-play-pac-man-in-google-maps-2015-03
http://www.webpronews.com/stop-working-and-go-play-pac-man-in-google-maps-2015-03#commentsTue, 31 Mar 2015 15:56:29 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=421975I don’t know if you have important things to get done today, but if not you should probably head over to Google Maps and play some Pac-Man.

It’s almost April Fool’s Day, and Google is starting a bit early. The company has just introduced PAC-Maps, which will turn any streetmap into a giant game of Pac-Man, considering there are enough streets in said area to support it.

This leads to super fun, often impossible Pac-Man stages through places like New York City and Barcelona. I haven’t tried PAC-Maps in Boston yet. I don’t know if I want to.

“With local place information and Street View, it’s easier than ever before to find where you’re going but there’s never been anything to let you know where *not* to go. With this update, we’ve added imagery of dangerous virtual beings, starting with Pinky, Blinky, Inky and Clyde. When navigating fruit-filled streets, determine at a glance which turns to pass to evade ghosts and get where you’re going safely. When you’re feeling a bit peckish, you can simply gobble up a few pac-dots or a cherry and keep on nommin’. PAC-Maps makes navigating around select locations as simple as left, right, up or down,” says a post on the Google Lat-Long blog.

You can play on desktop, iOS, and Android. There are going to be a lot of crappy April Fool’s jokes coming from tech companies this week. This is not one of them. This is awesome. Enjoy.

]]>http://www.webpronews.com/stop-working-and-go-play-pac-man-in-google-maps-2015-03/feed0‘Terminator 2′ Truck Chase Gets a Shot for Shot GTA Remakehttp://www.webpronews.com/terminator-2-truck-chase-gets-a-shot-for-shot-gta-remake-2014-06
http://www.webpronews.com/terminator-2-truck-chase-gets-a-shot-for-shot-gta-remake-2014-06#commentsThu, 05 Jun 2014 14:22:18 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=364487You know how there are some things that just make you happy? No, not the obvious things like beer, money, and grilled meat. I mean those times when you’re just delighted by something, inexplicably?

This is one of those times.

I guess it’s wrong to call my delight totally inexplicable. I think that it comes down to knowing that people took the time to do this. Of all the things in the world they could have done, they decided to remake, in Grand Theft Auto 5, one of the most classic chase scenes from one of the best flicks in history.

“It mostly took a lot of time because I wanted to try to make it exact. Yes I may have missed some small scenes but damn we worked hard on this from the actual setting up, to the directing, to the editing so please give it a look,” says creator John Chapman.

]]>http://www.webpronews.com/terminator-2-truck-chase-gets-a-shot-for-shot-gta-remake-2014-06/feed0Bryan Cranston to Pen Memoir on Breaking Bad Years, Craft of Actinghttp://www.webpronews.com/bryan-cranston-to-pen-memoir-on-breaking-bad-years-craft-of-acting-2014-04
http://www.webpronews.com/bryan-cranston-to-pen-memoir-on-breaking-bad-years-craft-of-acting-2014-04#commentsFri, 04 Apr 2014 19:28:33 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=343561In books that I absolutely cannot wait to read news, Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston is going to write a memoir that focuses, in large part, on the six years he spent filming Breaking Bad.

“Walter White taught me a lot—some of it useful, some of it dangerous,” said Cranston. “With this book, I want to tell the stories of my life and reveal the secrets and lies that I lived with for six years shooting Breaking Bad.”

Secrets and lies? Do tell, Mr. White.

Publisher Scribner (a Simon & Schuster imprint), says that there will be other components to the memoir other than the making of Breaking Bad–but it’s clear that the groundbreaking AMC show will be a main focus.

“Cranston will trace the remarkable career of an actor who worked as a journeyman for many years and—through talent, tenacity, and luck—landed a role that transformed his life. A deeply candid work, Cranston’s memoir will offer fascinating insights into his early years, the craft of acting, and his experiences on the landmark series Breaking Bad,” they say.

Cranston hasn’t yet tweeted about the new book, but he has discussed his nervousness in regards to opening on Broadway. Cranston is currently playing President Lyndon B. Johnson in the play All the Way.

Clearly a man of many talents, I can’t wait to read this book. Yeah, bitch!

]]>http://www.webpronews.com/bryan-cranston-to-pen-memoir-on-breaking-bad-years-craft-of-acting-2014-04/feed0Artist Successfully Funds Kickstarter to Go Around the Country Painting Sears Storeshttp://www.webpronews.com/artist-successfully-funds-kickstarter-to-go-around-the-country-painting-sears-stores-2013-08
http://www.webpronews.com/artist-successfully-funds-kickstarter-to-go-around-the-country-painting-sears-stores-2013-08#commentsFri, 09 Aug 2013 20:22:27 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=248801For everyone bitching about the recent co-opting of Kickstarter by the privileged elite, you know, well-established Hollywood players using the crowdfunding site for their new projects – take this as a counterpoint. This is the best use of Kickstarter in its purest form. This is beautiful.

“One of the themes I’ve returned to in my work every now and then is Sears…I guess I like the fact that Sears can be completely unique, while also being nearly indistinguishable from any other Sears in any other part of the country (the inherent contradiction of Sears),” says Bird.

If it’s possible for you to love this project any more, please watch his Kickstarter video, a wonderful parody of the trailer for Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life.

“The budget is to pay for gas (8,000 miles @ 30 mpg x $4/gallon), lodging (approx. 30 nights averaging $80/night), vehicle maintenance, food, art materials, and a traveling assistant (joining me will be the multi-talented Erin Pearce, sewer of things, maker of bugs), plus the cost of making & mailing prints and postcards. If the project goes over the minimum, that opens up the possibility of renting a gallery for a Sears show and public reception. If does really well, perhaps visiting Sears stores in far-off locations like Alaska or Hawaii, or expanding the trip into fall *and* spring legs,” says Bird.

For 8 lucky backers who pledge $1,000, Bird will give them original oil paintings of a Sears. Hurry up, as 7 of the 8 pledge spots have already been filled.

The Kickstarter project currently sits at $8,515 out of $8,000 pledged, with 22 days to go.

[Image via Bird, Kickstarter]

]]>http://www.webpronews.com/artist-successfully-funds-kickstarter-to-go-around-the-country-painting-sears-stores-2013-08/feed0New Breaking Bad Trailer Channels Famous Ozymandias Sonnet and the Inevitable Fall of Kingshttp://www.webpronews.com/new-breaking-bad-trailer-channels-famous-ozymandias-sonnet-and-the-inevitable-fall-of-kings-2013-07
http://www.webpronews.com/new-breaking-bad-trailer-channels-famous-ozymandias-sonnet-and-the-inevitable-fall-of-kings-2013-07#commentsTue, 30 Jul 2013 15:12:55 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=245589]]>AMC has just put out a new trailer for the upcoming season 5B of Breaking Bad, and it’s likely to give you chills.

It doesn’t take a scholar to read the implications in this trailer. Shelley’s “Ozymandias” tells the story of a monument, built by a proud and boastful king, which stands withered away by time. It’s a powerful poem that holds a simple message: no matter how powerful the king, everything comes to an end. It’s a poem about inevitable decline.

“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”

Chills.

Text for those interested in pulling out some kingly interpretations from the poem and how they relate to Walter White:

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desart. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away

]]>http://www.webpronews.com/new-breaking-bad-trailer-channels-famous-ozymandias-sonnet-and-the-inevitable-fall-of-kings-2013-07/feed0Sharknado Is Coming to Theaters, and That’s Awesome…Right?http://www.webpronews.com/sharknado-is-coming-to-theaters-and-thats-awesome-right-2013-07
http://www.webpronews.com/sharknado-is-coming-to-theaters-and-thats-awesome-right-2013-07#commentsFri, 26 Jul 2013 20:59:06 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=245055If you thought the Sharknado craze was waning, think again. The SyFy network’s B-movie and award winner for most accurate title of all time (it features shark tornados, so, you know) is coming to the big screen.

According to THR, Sharknado is coming to a cinema near you. Regal Cinemas have announced that they will put on midnight shows around the country on August 2nd. Apparently, the film is coming to roughly 200 theaters around the U.S.

SyFy has been airing ridiculous (..ly awesome?) made-for-TV movies like this more years, but something about Sharknado struck a chord with the internet – especially on social media sites like Twitter. I guess it had something to do with the sharks and tornados. Go figure.

“You know how audiences have had fun with Rocky Horror Picture Show over the years. If the internet reactions to this film are any indication, then our moviegoers are primed and ready to enjoy Sharknado larger than life in cinemas,” says Chris Sylvia, Regal’s digital marketing head. “Regal is proud to be giving our guests this chance to fuel the social media whirlwind by inviting friends to come to the show and tweeting reactions.”

That won’t be the last sharknado you see either, as SyFy has confirmed that they will be making a sequel (working title: Sharknado 2). It’s set to hit the network some time in 2014. The sharks will invade New York City in that sure-to-be-hit.

]]>http://www.webpronews.com/sharknado-is-coming-to-theaters-and-thats-awesome-right-2013-07/feed0This Must Be The Most Elaborate LEGO Machine Ever Madehttp://www.webpronews.com/this-must-be-the-most-elaborate-lego-machine-ever-made-2012-09
http://www.webpronews.com/this-must-be-the-most-elaborate-lego-machine-ever-made-2012-09#commentsTue, 18 Sep 2012 21:21:03 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=192900I love LEGO. You love LEGO. I think it’s safe to say that we all love LEGO. The little bricks that can do anything have entertained children for generations. Of course, entertainment is only one out of many roles that LEGO can play. People use them to build amazing contraptions. Today’s contraption may just be the most amazing.

YouTube user akiyuky has created what he calls the LEGO Great Ball Contraption. It’s a series of various contraptions that all serve to push small balls through a cacophony of moving parts until they reach their destination. I don’t want to spoil it so just watch the video. It’s absolutely mind blowing.

I don’t want to put in the 600 hours construction time it took him to build this. I do, however, want to play with it. This is the kind of automated LEGO machinery that delights me to my very core. Of course, now I want to see somebody top this. Don’t disappoint me, Internet. I know you can do it.

]]>http://www.webpronews.com/this-must-be-the-most-elaborate-lego-machine-ever-made-2012-09/feed0New Photo of Saturn Shows Just How Freakishly Big It Ishttp://www.webpronews.com/new-photo-of-saturn-shows-just-how-freakishly-big-it-is-2012-07
http://www.webpronews.com/new-photo-of-saturn-shows-just-how-freakishly-big-it-is-2012-07#commentsTue, 03 Jul 2012 17:06:45 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=179280The big gaseous giant called Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun in our Solar System, is typically remembered because of the multiple rings that encircle the planet. However, it’s also a e-freaking-normous planet. At 95 times more massive than Earth and with a radius 9 times the equatorial radius of Earth, Saturn easily claims the prize of the second-largest planet in the Solar System (behind Jupiter).

Being that large and in charge, Saturn also boasts a ton of moons. 62 moons, in fact (that we know of, at least). And these moons aren’t just slouchy moons, either. For example, Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is bigger than Mercury, the smallest planet in the Solar System. Saturn has a moon that’s bigger than a recognized planet.

Captured by the Cassini spacecraft on December 7, 2011, “using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelenghts of near-infrared light centered at 752 nanometers,” the image shows just how colossal Saturn is when compared to two of its moons, Tethys (right) and Pandora (left). As if Saturn didn’t didn’t already look gargantuan enough, the Cassini spacecraft was approximately 1.3 million miles away from Saturn with the picture was taken. This is the second time in a month that Cassini has put Saturn in the news. Last month, the spacecraft helped scientists discover a “lake” on Saturn’s moon, Titan.

Seriously. Those two moons look like flecks of crumbs tumbling off the chin of a very corpulent Saturn. In other words, that is one monster planet.

]]>http://www.webpronews.com/new-photo-of-saturn-shows-just-how-freakishly-big-it-is-2012-07/feed1Twitter’s Roof Deck Is More Awesome Than Yourshttp://www.webpronews.com/twitters-roof-deck-is-more-awesome-than-yours-2012-06
http://www.webpronews.com/twitters-roof-deck-is-more-awesome-than-yours-2012-06#commentsThu, 14 Jun 2012 20:01:13 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=170419…If you even have one, that is. As for Twitter? They’re doing just fine, what with the recent opening of their new headquarters in San Francisco. While the new base of operations has been in the pipe since December of 2011, Twitter officially opened their doors to the new facility on Monday, June 11. While the entire facility looks to be incredibly employee-friendly, there’s a specific place in Twitter’s new facility that’s getting the bulk of the attention:

Twitter’s rooftop deck, which, after you see it, will probably make you look at your backyard with disdain. The lead image is a snippet of the 360 degree panoramic view of the Twitter roof deck, taken and posted on Dru Miller’s Twitter account. Take a moment to play with Miller’s image because it gives a great idea just how accommodating Twitter has made their roof.

So, does seeing this give you any ideas of a new backyard project this weekend? Will it involve multiple trips to Home Depot or Lowe’s? Seeing this also brings me to another tangent: imagine if McDonald’s or Walmart did something like this for their hard worked/underpaid employees. I bet their incredible turnover rate would decrease ever so slightly.

]]>http://www.webpronews.com/twitters-roof-deck-is-more-awesome-than-yours-2012-06/feed0Google Science Fair Finalists Announced – Prepare to Feel Humbledhttp://www.webpronews.com/google-science-fair-finalists-announced-prepare-to-feel-humbled-2012-05
http://www.webpronews.com/google-science-fair-finalists-announced-prepare-to-feel-humbled-2012-05#commentsMon, 21 May 2012 15:50:42 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=159391The pool of entrants to Google’s 2012 Science Fair has been winnowed down to 90 insanely brilliant finalists from different regions around the world. Winners from each of the three age divisions will compete for the Grand Prize of a $50,000 scholarship, a personal LEGO mosaic, a trip to the Galapagos to visit Darwin’s Living Laboratory, and most likely enough worldwide notoriety that they’ll be fielding job offers from CERN, Fermilab, NASA, or just about any other high-profile science organization.

Among those 90 finalists, 13 of them have been nominated for a Scientific American Science in Action Award.

The projects that these youngsters are worthy of the most utopia-laden science fiction stories you’ve ever read. A pair of collaborating entrants, for example, Emily and Trevor Wang, are investigating whether a substance collected by bees may have anti-cancer properties.

Seriously, how does anybody even think of that?

Another fantastic idea comes from Mark Liang, who’s project centers on whether sunflowers can be used to absorb and neutralize a nasty chemical that’s currently been getting dumped into the soil across California.

Here, one more in case you weren’t feeling enough inferiority about your middling lifetime accomplishments. Ivan Ang Jie Xiong explored the possibility of using robots to help keep our environment clean.

Google posted an interactive map so you can browse through all of the finalists depending on the region they’re in. Go check it out so you can start getting acquainted with your future bosses.